Brain Awareness Week 2025 Awardees

21 February 2025

FENS News, Neuroscience News, Society & Partner News

FENS is delighted to announce that 33 Brain Awareness Week 2025 projects across 25 countries in Europe were generously supported by the Dana Foundation!

Albania
  • Brain Freeze? Chill Out and Discover Your Mind!

Arjan Kamburi, University "Fan S. Noli", Albania

  • The brain, the you and the life: how are you all doin'?

Marigo Mahmuti, American British Stem Academy, Albania

Armenia
  • The Brain Puzzle: Understanding Disorders

Hamlet Torosyan, Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi, Armenia

Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Sarajevo Brain Week

Amina Becic, Ruhr University Bochum, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria
  • I CAN: Inspiring Change and Addiction-Awareness through Neuroscience

Elena Psederska, Institute for Brain Health, Bulgaria

Croatia
  • SCREENing the Brain: Uncovering the Impact of the Digital Age

Mihaela Bobić Rasonja, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Croatian Institute for Brian Research, Croatia

Estonia
  • Tartu Science Night! 2025

Miriam Hickey, University of Tartu, Estonia

France
  • Brain Awareness Week in Region Lorraine (France)

Laurent Koessler, CNRS UMR7365, Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, France

  • Workshop: Exploring the Effects of Alcohol and Cannabis through Simulation Glasses with Neuroscientists

Kim Nguyen-Ba-Charvet, Cerveau en Seine, France

Germany
  • Oldenburg Brain Awareness Week 2025 – Die Woche des Gehirns

Silvia Korte, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany

Greece
  • Illusory vision: Looking in by looking out

Lefkothea-Vasiliki Andreou, University of Ioannina, Greece

  • Brain Matters: Exploring neurological diseases

Eleftheria Varmazi, Neuroholics team/National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Hungary
  • What can dogs teach us about the human brain?

Zsófia Hoyk, HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Hungary

  • Mind the Brain!

Sandra Stojić, Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Hungary

Ireland
  • Brain Health: Stigma and Solutions

Conor Thornberry, National College of Ireland, Ireland

Israel
  • Screens and brains

Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, Technion, Israel

Italy
  • NAPeritivo

Chiara Magliaro, Research Center "E. Piaggio" - University of Pisa, Italy

Luxembourg
  • Brain Explorers Podcast and Brain Awareness Week in Luxembourg

Maria-Alma Radulescu, Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Netherlands
  • NeuroNarratives

Paloma Maldonado, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Netherlands

North Macedonia
  • Give the brain the best opportunity for its best development

Gabriela Tavchioska, SANATATE-Association for improving the health through information and trainings, North Macedonia

Poland
  • Technology as a support in brain diagnostics and treatment

Dorota Dymkowska, Marceli Nencki Foundation, Poland

Portugal
  • How the body talks with the brain and vice-versa

Silvia Conde, NOVA Medical School, Portugal

  • MIND BRIDGES: connecting generations through Neuroscience

Rui Rodrigues, Fala-me Neuro, France

Serbia
  • Playful minds: How play shapes the brain

Nevena Jovčić, Student Section of the Serbian Neuroscience Society, Serbia

Slovakia
  • Brain in action: let's get to know our cognitive functions better

Alexandra Palkovič, Slovak Alzheimer association, Slovakia

Spain
  • Unlocking the Brain: Insights, Stories, and Science

Ana Cantó, Fundación para la Investigación del Síndrome de Dravet, Spain

  • Immersive NeuroExperience: Explore Brain Anatomy with AR and AI

Juan Antonio Moreno Bravo, Institute for Neuroscience UMH-CSIC (Alicante), Spain

Sweden
  • Brain Awareness Activities for Teenagers in Stockholm

Ana Osorio Oliveira, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Turkey
  • Brain Awareness Week, organized by Dana Foundation, in Istanbul at all education levels

Taha Akkülah, Boğaziçi University, Turkey

  • The Brain Fair and Symposium Istanbul

Havva Demir, Turkey

Ukraine
  • Brainwaves: From Research to Reflection – A Week of Knowledge and Expression

Nana Voitenko, Dobrobut Academy Medical School, Ukraine

United Kingdom
  • Melodies of the Mind: Shakespeare, Music, and the Brain

Marianna Kapsetaki, University of Athens, University of Crete, Greece

  • Step Into Their World: Dementia Awareness Through VR

Elly Robles, University of Oxford, United Kingdom